The Mountain View Mine is a zinc mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,804 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,804 Feet (2,074 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc
Lat, Long: 39.5833, -116.25000
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Mountain View Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mountain View Mine
Secondary: Mountain View Extension
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Lone Mountain District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: M. I. A. Mines Co.
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1967
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1942
Discovery Year: 1922
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Azurite
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Zincite
Unknown: Smithsonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS IN PODS AND MASSES OF VARYING SIZES. AVERAGE OF THREE ORE BODIES HAS BEEN GIVE.
Comment (Geology): ORE MINED HAS BEEN MOSTLY SECONDARY OXIDIZED MINERALS. ORE ALSO CONTAINS HYDROZINCITE.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): AMOUNT OF ORE REMAINING CONTAINING PB, CU AND AG IS UN- KNOWN. ASSAY FIGURES ARE PB-4.6 PCT, CU-.06 PCT, AG-1.06 OZ./TON.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): THERE ARE NO ESTIMATED RESERVES GIVEN. THE AVERAGE ASSAY IS ZN-23.6 PCT, PB-3.2 PCT.
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J., ET AL, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF
Reference (Deposit): OF USGS AND NEVADA BU MINES, NEV. BU MINES BULL. 65, PP.
Reference (Deposit): 138-149.
Reference (Deposit): MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEVADA, 1964, COLLABORATION
Reference (Deposit): EUREKA CO., NEV., 1967, NEV/ BU MINES BULL. 64, PP. 90-92
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
